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SAMUEL A. GRIMES 



The only place that the Scrub Jay is. found in eastern 

 United States is Florida. 



DUDA & SONS CATTLEPENS— From intersection 

 of Routes 1 and 520, go west on Route 520 about 0.7 mile 

 to Fiske Blvd. traffic light; turn south on Fiske for about 

 4)4 miles to where road runs into ranch; continue on ranch 

 road, taking right fork, 0.5 mile to barn and cattlepens for 

 concentration of blackbirds and other birds. In winter. 

 Brewer's Blackbirds may be found and perhaps a Yellow- 

 headed Blackbird. During July and early August, turn off 

 Fiske about 0.6 mile from Route 520 on Pluckebaum Road 

 for about 3 miles. Over the casuarina trees surrounding 

 groves or open fields are likely to be SwaUow-tailed Kites. 

 In the pastures beyond may be many egrets and possibly 

 Sandhill Cranes. 



ST. JOHN'S RIVER— Go west on Route 520 from 

 the intersection with Route 1 about 8.8 miles to the St. 

 John's River; if water is high, ibises and marsh birds and 

 ducks are apt to be in the marsh east of the river; continue 

 over the bridge about one-half mile to where road passes 

 over Taylor Creek and check on both sides of road. 



W. Foster White 



DAYTONA BEACH AREA 



(1) Drive on Daytona Beach from Coquina Hotel to 

 Ponce de Lepn Inlet. 



(2) Junction of South Beach St. and Bellevue Ave. — 

 turn left to Bethune Point, pass Filtration Plant to South 

 Beach St. to WROD to Route 1 to Reed Canal to second 

 bridge on left to McDonald's Farm on left, ponds to south 

 200 feet plus. 



(3) Start Route 1 (S. Ridgewood 800 block, Howard 

 Johnson's) turn west on Bellevue Ave. to pond to D. B. 

 Airport to Tomoka Farm Road (near Junction 92), turn 

 south (left) work slowly south to Pioneer Trail (40A), 

 left to road west of ball park and right on first dirt road, 

 check open water (both sides), continue on Route 2 then 

 right to Main St., Harbor Oaks, to North on Riverside 

 Road — Route 2 — Daytona Beach. Along the beach one 

 may ^ee 5 species of gulls, five or six species of terns, turn- 



stones, Willets, knots. Brown Pelicans, Black-bellied, Piping 

 and Semipalmated Plovers, Fish Crows and Dunlins. Re- 

 turning from the Inlet on roads near Halifax River. Com- 

 mon and Snowy Egrets, Great Blue, Little Blue, and 

 Louisiana Herons may be spotted as well as kingfishers. 

 Red-wings, both Horned and Pied-biUed Grebes, shrikes, 

 Black Skimmers, Eastern Phoebe, Eastern Bluebird. If one 

 crosses the Port Orange (toll) Bridge, and parks first west 

 of it, Oystercatchers may be seen on oyster bars or gravel 

 spits. Five or more species of shorebirds may be seen at 

 Bethune Point, and at low tide in the river all four species of 

 rails have been seen on mud flats east of WROD Radio 

 Station. Leaving that as one turns right from Route 1 

 before one comes to Reed Canal Bridge is a small jxsnd 

 where Anhingas, coots, Red-wings, and gallinules, are seen. 

 On the country road to McDonald's Farm usually one sees 

 Cattle Egrets. Ponds just south of the buildings may hold 

 Common Snipe, KiUdeer, both yellowlegs. White Ibises and 

 Brown-headed Cowbirds. Bluebirds, Mourning Doves, 

 Starlings, shrikes are seen on wires, while one may also see 

 Red-shouldered Hawks on telephone poles and Brown- 

 headed Nuthatches in pine woods. While a telescopye is not 

 of primary importance, it helps when birds are far away. 

 In the summer, many of the birds present in the winter 

 go north. 



There are other areas where a guide is a great help. 

 A phone call or card may be sent to George L. Williams, 

 trip director, 136 Salvador Place, Ormond Beach, Florida 

 (phone OR 7-0907) for guide service to local or east cen- 

 tral Florida. 



George L. Williams 



JtltOMt MJROMAN 



The first wildlife refuge in the United States was established 



for the Brown Pelican in 1903 on Pelican Island near Sebastian. 



